Projects in categories: Fiction

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A contemporary drama of fear, loss jealousy and rejection set in real time and filmed on 31 January and 1 February, at the time of Imbolc. They say people come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime and when you know which one it is, you’ll know what to do. For Brigid Liston and her son Quinn, such a person comes in the form of American anthropologist, Janet Hattridge, on sabbatical researching her Ulster Scots roots and her family’s link to a long forgotten witch trial. As the relationship between Janet and Quinn deepens, Brigid’s mother dies. Brigid’s grief sets her on a path that ends in tragedy and as her actions unfold, the past reveals itself.

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A window cleaner meets a young, simple girl and accidentally breaks her toy kaleidoscope. After fixing it, he is given the opportunity to see her again.

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One evening, Philippe, a banker, and Marguerite, a prostitute, meet in Geneva’s Red Light district and take a hotel room. So begins a night that will take them to new emotional terrain, question their values, needs and desires, before finally testing a marriage to breaking point. As truths are told and hopes and fears shared, it becomes clear the only way forward for them is to find the courage to shed their masks and stand before one another truly naked. After years of dying a thousand little deaths, this single night is a true test of love, compassion and hope.

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Black comedy set against the current economic turmoil. Hadrian is a young civil servant tasked with protecting British economic interests in Athens. Maria is his Greek language tutor, an immigrant preparing to take a citizenship test which requires her to display skill in a bizarre number of disciplines.

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A lonely homeless man finds his calling by living in a telephone box.

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A lost man reappears to deal with the crippling impact of self-doubt on his relationship.

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Amateur sleuth and murder enthusiast Norman keeps telling his heaven sent wife Margaret there’s something not right about their new neighbour. Norman decides to take this case on for real but as his pursuit quickens so does the sinister neighbours blood lust and now he’s at Norman’s door wanting in!

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Colin the caretaker goes about his usual night watch routine in the school when he witnesses four past pupils breaking in. After sealing the exits and alterting his colleague, Mick, he leaves the safe confides of his office and steps into the dark corridors of the School of the Dead.

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It’s 1970. Bradley and Curtis are 13. They are not friends. They have an empty weekend ahead of them. And nuclear apocalypse looms. Live-action and animation combine in a story of childhood under the Atomic Bomb.

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A dream come true is shattered when Muriel discovers Alex loved her for one thing she no longer has. Longing to return home Muriel makes a pilgrimage to the place they met, where fantasy became reality and a tail met its end

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Fatine has ventured far from the village to meet her older lover. When she is caught by a small boy, all she wants to do is go home.

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An unhappy young woman stands alone on a roof top. Her life changes when a magician suddenly appears.